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The King's Evil Without the King: The Royal Touch during the Interregnum

Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
This article examines how far, and in what ways, the traditional belief that English monarchs could cure scrofula (the “King's Evil”) by royal touch survived during the eleven years of the Interregnum (1649–1660). Charles I had been executed and the monarchy abolished, and Charles II was in exile for the vast majority of this period. It might seem that
David L. Smith
wiley   +1 more source

In folly ripe. In reason rotten. Putting machine theology to rest [PDF]

arXiv, 2017
Computation has changed the world more than any previous expressions of knowledge. In its particular algorithmic embodiment, it offers a perspective, within which the digital computer (one of many possible) exercises a role reminiscent of theology. Since it is closed to meaning, algorithmic digital computation can at most mimic the creative aspects of ...
arxiv  

Thanks Be to God for Paul J. Wadell: Essays in Honor of a Friend and His Work

Journal of Moral Theology, 2021
This essay introduces readers to a roundtable of five articles honoring Paul Wadell and his work in Catholic moral theology. In it, Wadell's contributions to the field are briefly highlighted, along with how they map onto the landscape of post-Vatican II
Tobias Winright
doaj  

Theology and Metaphysics in Sombre, Scientific Times [PDF]

arXiv, 2018
In view of the sobering findings of science, theology and to a lesser degree metaphysics is confronted with a humiliating loss, and a need for reinterpretation, of allegories and narratives which have served as guidance to the perplexed for millennia.
arxiv  

Morality-based Assertion and Homophily on Social Media: A Cultural Comparison between English and Japanese Languages [PDF]

arXiv, 2021
Moral psychology is a domain that deals with moral identity, appraisals and emotions. Previous work has primarily focused on moral development and the associated role of culture. Knowing that language is an inherent element of a culture, we used the social media platform Twitter to compare moral behaviors of Japanese tweets with English tweets.
arxiv  

Shall we sanctify ourselves with biomedical technology?:A reformed appraisal of moral bioenhancement [PDF]

This paper attempts to develop a constructive dialogue between moral bioenhancement and Reformed theology of sanctification. According to Reformed theology, human beings are first sanctified by God objectively (passive sanctification) and consequently ...
Xu, Ximian
core   +1 more source

Was Einhard a widower?

Gender &History, EarlyView.
Abstract The ‘widow’ is a gendered, socially contingent category. Women who experienced spousal bereavement in the early middle ages faced various socio‐economic and legal ramifications; the ‘widow’ was further a rhetorical figure with a defined emotional register. The widower is, by contrast, an anachronistic category.
Ingrid Rembold
wiley   +1 more source

The Order and Integration of Knowledge [PDF]

arXiv, 2015
William Oliver Martin published "The Order and Integration of Knowledge" in 1957 to address the problem of the nature and the order of various kinds of knowledge; in particular, the theoretical problem of how one kind of knowledge is related to another kind. Martin characterizes kinds of knowledge as being either autonomous or synthetic. The latter are
arxiv  

Faithful men and false women: Love‐suicide in early modern English popular print

Gender &History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores the representation of suicide committed for love in English popular print in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. It shows how, within ballads and pamphlets, suicide resulting from failed courtship was often portrayed as romantic and an expression of devotion.
Imogen Knox
wiley   +1 more source

A Critical Review of Eight Highly-Rated Books on Moral Theology: Finding a Common Ground For an Ethics Education Program

Scientia, 2018
This paper reviews eight highly-rated books on Moral Theology to find a common ground for an ethics education program for undergraduate students. Using James Rest’s four domains of moral functioning as its frame of reference, it examined the substantive
Noel Asiones
doaj   +1 more source